Sean Spicer Hitler Gaffe
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About
"Sean Spicer Hitler Gaffe" refers to a quote from White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, in which he suggested that Hitler didn't use chemical weapons on his citizens.
Background
On April 11th, 2017, while addressing concerns over Russia's connection to Syria, Press Secretary Sean Spicer made a factual error in his response to questions regarding the ongoing conflict among the United States, Russia, and Syria, stating that Adolf Hitler didn't use chemical weapons unlike Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.[1]
"We didn’t use chemical weapons during World War Two," Spicer said. "You had someone as despicable as Hitler who didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons."
When asked to clarify his statements, Spicer said, "I think when you come to sarin gas, [Hitler] was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing, there was not in the -- he brought them into the Holocaust center. But I'm saying that in the way that Assad used them, where he went into towns, dropped them down into innocent -- into the middle of towns."
Asked to clarify further, he said, "In no way was I trying to lessen the horrendous nature of the Holocaust. However, I was trying to draw a contrast of the tactic of using airplanes to drop chemical weapons on innocent people."
Developments
Apology
Later that day, Spicer apologized for his comments.[9] "I was obviously trying to make a point about the heinous acts that Assad had made against his own people last week, using chemical weapons and gas," he said. "Frankly, I mistakenly made an inappropriate and insensitive reference to the Holocaust, for which there is no comparison. And for that I apologize. It was a mistake to do that."
News Media Coverage
Within minutes, several major news outlets began covering Spicer's comments, including NBC,[2] CNN,[3] TIME,[4] The Washington Post,[5] and more.
Online Reaction
Moments after Spicer made the comments, both Sean Spicer and Holocaust Centers began trending on Twitter. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum tweeted out footage of the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp.
WATCH: Footage from our collection shows what US forces discovered when they liberated #Buchenwald. pic.twitter.com/jySQOWM6Lf
— US Holocaust Museum (@HolocaustMuseum) April 11, 2017
Throughout the day, users criticized Spicer on Twitter. Twitter user @Papapishu[7] (shown right) posted a parody of the Guitar Center logo with the words "Holocaust Center," mocking Spicer's phrasing. Another Tweet by @BraddJaffy[8] (shown right)pointed to MSNBC's chyron, which reads, "WHITE HOUSE: HITLER DIDN'T 'SINK TO LEVEL OF USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS' LIKE SYRIAN LEADER (HITLER GASSED MILLIONS)." The tweet received more than 1,400 retweets and 1,200 likes.
Less than an hour the comments went viral, Redditor heeloftar started a thread on the subject in the /r/Politics subreddit.[6] The thread "Spicer: Hitler 'didn't even sink to using chemical weapons'" has received more than 1,300 points (95% upvoted) and 590 comments.
Later that day, Twitter published a Moment, documenting the reaction to Spicer's comments.[10]
Reaction Gifs
Two correspondents' facial reactions during the press briefing became viral sensations. In a video of Spicer answering the infamous follow-up question from ABC News' White House Correspondent Cecilia Vega Goal, The Washington Post's Ashley Parker and American Urban Radio's April Ryan both reacted with surprise and confusion.
Twitter user @ParkerMalloy[13] tweeted a gif (shown below) of both Parker's subtle eyebrow gestures and Ryan's quick head jerk and double take, which received more than 1,700 retweets and 3,300 likes.
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— Parker Molloy (ParkerMolloy) April 11, 2017AprilDRyanpic.twitter.com/Mfor5kvXUk
Another tweet by user @purpledocket (shown below) featured the gif under the caption "the journey in this gif is unbelievable." The post received more than 26,100 retweets and 67,700 likes.
the journey in this gif is unbelievable pic.twitter.com/lanp2TvruQ
— Seb FoxAllen (@purpledocket) April 11, 2017
In an interview about her reaction,[16] Parker told The Washington Post, "I think I was vacillating between confusion and disbelief as Spicer unfurled his answer. Because he had basically been given a pretty fair, easy opportunity to clean up his earlier misstatement, and instead we were all watching in real time as he made it infinitely worse."
Their reactions were covered by several major outlets, including Cosmopolitan,[11] Indy 100,[15] New York Magazine,[12] and more.
Search Interest
Not available.
External References
[1] The Associated Press – Spicer suggests even Hitler didn't use chemical weapons"
[2] NBC News – Spicer Offends with ‘Hitler’ Gassing Remark
[3] CNN – Spicer: Hitler 'was not using the gas on his own people the same way that Assad is doing'
[4] TIME – Sean Spicer: Hitler 'Didn't Even Sink to Using Chemical Weapons'
[5] Washington Post – Sean Spicer: ‘Someone as despicable as Hitler didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons'
[6] Reddit – Spicer: Hitler 'didn't even sink to using chemical weapons'
[7] Twitter – @Papapishu's Tweet
[8] Twitter – @BraddJaffy's Tweet
[9] CNN – Spicer apologizes for Hitler comparison: 'It was a mistake to do that'
[10] Twitter – Sean Spicer causes outrage with Hitler-Assad comparison
[11] Cosmopolitan – These Reporters Reacting to Sean Spicer's Assad-Hitler Comparison Are All of Us
[12] New York Magazine – The Reaction to Sean Spicer’s Latest Screw Up in Two GIFs
[13] Twitter – @ParkerMolloy's Tweet
[14] Twitter – @purpledocket's Tweet
[15] Indy 100 – White House reporter reactions to Sean Spicer's Hitler comments have become the ultimate meme
[16] The Washington Post – 5 questions for a Washington Post reporter whose eyebrows became a meme
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This is why I only respect one Spicer:
(Also, saying that was pretty stupid)
Ironically enough, if Sean Spicer's quote makes him lose all his credibility, he will effectively be "jacked".
I think the problem is that Spicer gets jacked each and every day before the press briefing.
I think the problem is that Spicer gets jacked each and every day before the press briefing.
As far as I can tell, Sean Spicer is this guy
…except for politics instead of wrestling.
Is that LeafyIsHere's cousin?
Dead meme
Dead meme
I'm also very sure Sean Spicer doesn't have an Offspring tattoo. I might have to actually respect the man if he did.
Ironically enough, if Sean Spicer's quote makes him lose all his credibility, he will effectively be "jacked".
I think the problem is that Spicer gets jacked each and every day before the press briefing.
This is not your everyday Godwin’s Law. This is…
Fortgeschrittenes Godwin'ss Gesetz
SNL: Bae come over we need that Bomb-Ass Spicer impression of yours this week.
McCarthy: Damnit guys I don't want to milk a good routine dry
SNL: But Bae Spicer just literally made a statement that Hitler didn't sink to using chemical weapons.
MacDaddy:
"Holocaust Centers"
I think there are bigger problems here than phrasing.
I feel like he wanted to overshadow the Airlines controversy on purpose so he said this. It worked in his favor but it made him look like a retard.
“In no way was I trying to lessen the horrendous nature of the Holocaust,” Spicer said in the statement. “I was trying to draw a distinction of the tactic of using airplanes to drop chemical weapons on population centers. Any attack on innocent people is reprehensible and inexcusable.”
Using WWII as your start point, and then saying "Any attack on innocent people is reprehensible and inexcusable" when the US used Atomic weapons on civilians, and bombed millions with firebombs and conventional munitions.
Whatever your view on those bombing campaigns, its hard to try to claim the moral high ground against chemical weapons when you cite a war where you used civilian bombing as a key strategy, and where you also deployed atomic weapons, which most people would consider worse than chemical weapons.
The Holocaust never happened. Approximately 300,000 jews and other undesirables died in labor camps, mostly of typhus, with some starvation due to the total obliteration of German supply lines. Many, many German civilians died in similar conditions of deprivation. The extermination camp story makes no sense. Germany was starving for raw materials, why would they use valuable fuel to ship somebody from a forced labor camp in one country to a death camp in another instead of just putting a bullet in their head on the spot?
You give him too much credit. Even /pol/ cites their sources. Said sources are usually unreliable and full of conjecture, but still.
GET OUT OF HERE STORMFRONT
"…instead of just putting a bullet in their head on the spot?"
That's exactly what they did for many of their captives. Also, are you stupid enough to think there was only one – or only a few – concentration camps? There were over 40000 concentration camps spread around Axis territory.
Germany wasn't starving for raw materials because they had been pillaging them since the beginning of the war. The actual death camps were all in Poland, the Nazi-occupied land with the greater Jewish population, possibly to reduce costs.
The main reason why they sent Jews and other undesirables to the death camps instead of just shooting them in the head immediately was because Germany was trying to keep their genocide a secret (the existence of the concentration camps themselves was not known to the world at large until 1945), and the death camps were massive installations capable of not only killing, but also processing the bodies of those executed, which further helped cover their tracks.
In the Wannsee conference notes, one of the main reason given for creating execution camps was that executing that number of people was destroying German Soldiers morale and combat effectiveness. Despite what some sociopaths might think, killing unarmed people has a huge psychological cost on most people. Soldiers can rationalize killing enemy combatants, but shooting women and children. It ruins them.
Honestly, after him screaming fuck minorities in that Nivea article I'm not sure how you guys didn't figure the obvious bait out by now.
My point stands. He can take his shit posting back to /pol/ where it might be appreciated.
Look at his profile. It's pretty much all comments like this. If he's just joking, then that's a lot of dedication to pretending to be retarded, if he's serious, then he is retarded. One way or another, he's an asshole, and we gotta show him the light. That or, you know, send him back to the internet's greatest concentration camp, /pol/.
My point stands. He can take his shit posting back to /pol/ where it might be appreciated.
Look at his profile. It's pretty much all comments like this. If he's just joking, then that's a lot of dedication to pretending to be retarded, if he's serious, then he is retarded. One way or another, he's an asshole, and we gotta show him the light. That or, you know, send him back to the internet's greatest concentration camp, /pol/.
Honestly, after him screaming fuck minorities in that Nivea article I'm not sure how you guys didn't figure the obvious bait out by now.
My point stands. He can take his shit posting back to /pol/ where it might be appreciated.
Look at his profile. It's pretty much all comments like this. If he's just joking, then that's a lot of dedication to pretending to be retarded, if he's serious, then he is retarded. One way or another, he's an asshole, and we gotta show him the light. That or, you know, send him back to the internet's greatest concentration camp, /pol/.
My point stands. He can take his shit posting back to /pol/ where it might be appreciated.
Look at his profile. It's pretty much all comments like this. If he's just joking, then that's a lot of dedication to pretending to be retarded, if he's serious, then he is retarded. One way or another, he's an asshole, and we gotta show him the light. That or, you know, send him back to the internet's greatest concentration camp, /pol/.
In the Wannsee conference notes, one of the main reason given for creating execution camps was that executing that number of people was destroying German Soldiers morale and combat effectiveness. Despite what some sociopaths might think, killing unarmed people has a huge psychological cost on most people. Soldiers can rationalize killing enemy combatants, but shooting women and children. It ruins them.
Honestly, after him screaming fuck minorities in that Nivea article I'm not sure how you guys didn't figure the obvious bait out by now.
My point stands. He can take his shit posting back to /pol/ where it might be appreciated.
Look at his profile. It's pretty much all comments like this. If he's just joking, then that's a lot of dedication to pretending to be retarded, if he's serious, then he is retarded. One way or another, he's an asshole, and we gotta show him the light. That or, you know, send him back to the internet's greatest concentration camp, /pol/.
My point stands. He can take his shit posting back to /pol/ where it might be appreciated.
Look at his profile. It's pretty much all comments like this. If he's just joking, then that's a lot of dedication to pretending to be retarded, if he's serious, then he is retarded. One way or another, he's an asshole, and we gotta show him the light. That or, you know, send him back to the internet's greatest concentration camp, /pol/.
What a weak bait. Shameful.
You give him too much credit. Even /pol/ cites their sources. Said sources are usually unreliable and full of conjecture, but still.
GET OUT OF HERE STORMFRONT
Is that LeafyIsHere's cousin?
Dead meme
"…instead of just putting a bullet in their head on the spot?"
That's exactly what they did for many of their captives. Also, are you stupid enough to think there was only one – or only a few – concentration camps? There were over 40000 concentration camps spread around Axis territory.
Germany wasn't starving for raw materials because they had been pillaging them since the beginning of the war. The actual death camps were all in Poland, the Nazi-occupied land with the greater Jewish population, possibly to reduce costs.
The main reason why they sent Jews and other undesirables to the death camps instead of just shooting them in the head immediately was because Germany was trying to keep their genocide a secret (the existence of the concentration camps themselves was not known to the world at large until 1945), and the death camps were massive installations capable of not only killing, but also processing the bodies of those executed, which further helped cover their tracks.
In the Wannsee conference notes, one of the main reason given for creating execution camps was that executing that number of people was destroying German Soldiers morale and combat effectiveness. Despite what some sociopaths might think, killing unarmed people has a huge psychological cost on most people. Soldiers can rationalize killing enemy combatants, but shooting women and children. It ruins them.
Honestly, after him screaming fuck minorities in that Nivea article I'm not sure how you guys didn't figure the obvious bait out by now.
My point stands. He can take his shit posting back to /pol/ where it might be appreciated.
Look at his profile. It's pretty much all comments like this. If he's just joking, then that's a lot of dedication to pretending to be retarded, if he's serious, then he is retarded. One way or another, he's an asshole, and we gotta show him the light. That or, you know, send him back to the internet's greatest concentration camp, /pol/.
My point stands. He can take his shit posting back to /pol/ where it might be appreciated.
Look at his profile. It's pretty much all comments like this. If he's just joking, then that's a lot of dedication to pretending to be retarded, if he's serious, then he is retarded. One way or another, he's an asshole, and we gotta show him the light. That or, you know, send him back to the internet's greatest concentration camp, /pol/.
Honestly, after him screaming fuck minorities in that Nivea article I'm not sure how you guys didn't figure the obvious bait out by now.
My point stands. He can take his shit posting back to /pol/ where it might be appreciated.
Look at his profile. It's pretty much all comments like this. If he's just joking, then that's a lot of dedication to pretending to be retarded, if he's serious, then he is retarded. One way or another, he's an asshole, and we gotta show him the light. That or, you know, send him back to the internet's greatest concentration camp, /pol/.
My point stands. He can take his shit posting back to /pol/ where it might be appreciated.
Look at his profile. It's pretty much all comments like this. If he's just joking, then that's a lot of dedication to pretending to be retarded, if he's serious, then he is retarded. One way or another, he's an asshole, and we gotta show him the light. That or, you know, send him back to the internet's greatest concentration camp, /pol/.
In the Wannsee conference notes, one of the main reason given for creating execution camps was that executing that number of people was destroying German Soldiers morale and combat effectiveness. Despite what some sociopaths might think, killing unarmed people has a huge psychological cost on most people. Soldiers can rationalize killing enemy combatants, but shooting women and children. It ruins them.
Honestly, after him screaming fuck minorities in that Nivea article I'm not sure how you guys didn't figure the obvious bait out by now.
My point stands. He can take his shit posting back to /pol/ where it might be appreciated.
Look at his profile. It's pretty much all comments like this. If he's just joking, then that's a lot of dedication to pretending to be retarded, if he's serious, then he is retarded. One way or another, he's an asshole, and we gotta show him the light. That or, you know, send him back to the internet's greatest concentration camp, /pol/.
My point stands. He can take his shit posting back to /pol/ where it might be appreciated.
Look at his profile. It's pretty much all comments like this. If he's just joking, then that's a lot of dedication to pretending to be retarded, if he's serious, then he is retarded. One way or another, he's an asshole, and we gotta show him the light. That or, you know, send him back to the internet's greatest concentration camp, /pol/.
What a weak bait. Shameful.
I think there are bigger problems here than phrasing.
I immediately understood it as meaning "Hitler never used chemical weapons on the battlefield" (which he didn't, likely for fear of a MAD kind of situation happening with the allies). Sounds to me like people are just being pedantic for the sake of politics.
After all, who ever really considers this to be a chemical weapon?
Aren't you the one being pedantic?
The difference between using chemicals to kill civilians and using it on the battlefield seems insignificant compared to Spicer's insinuation that Assad is somehow more of a war criminal than Hitler.
"…Spicer’s insinuation that Assad is somehow more of a war criminal than Hitler."
I don't think that was his point. When the "even [person/organization A that's generally considered to be bad] didn't/wouldn't do [action ascribed to person/organization B]!" rhetorical statement is used, it often isn't the case that the speaker is attempting to argue that B is worse than A- only that they are also bad.
Don't get me wrong, it was obviously a completely idiotic choice to try and make the comparison at all. Still, I think that's an uncharitable interpretation.
Actually it's a very important legal distinction. Using chemical weapons out on civilian or military targets is against international law and for very good reasons. You can't control how they spread and who they hit. Using chemical weapons is a serious war crime and can get you the death penalty.
Conversely, there aren't international laws against executing civilians with it. Hell the US was doing it until the 90s.
The Nuremberg tribunal established conclusively the criminality of the methods of the Holocaust under international law.
The mass killings and genocide, yes. Not their execution methods because everyone else was using gas chambers and firing squads for their own executions.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
The mass killings and genocide, yes. Not their execution methods because everyone else was using gas chambers and firing squads for their own executions.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
The Nuremberg tribunal established conclusively the criminality of the methods of the Holocaust under international law.
The mass killings and genocide, yes. Not their execution methods because everyone else was using gas chambers and firing squads for their own executions.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
The mass killings and genocide, yes. Not their execution methods because everyone else was using gas chambers and firing squads for their own executions.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
"…Spicer’s insinuation that Assad is somehow more of a war criminal than Hitler."
I don't think that was his point. When the "even [person/organization A that's generally considered to be bad] didn't/wouldn't do [action ascribed to person/organization B]!" rhetorical statement is used, it often isn't the case that the speaker is attempting to argue that B is worse than A- only that they are also bad.
Don't get me wrong, it was obviously a completely idiotic choice to try and make the comparison at all. Still, I think that's an uncharitable interpretation.
Actually it's a very important legal distinction. Using chemical weapons out on civilian or military targets is against international law and for very good reasons. You can't control how they spread and who they hit. Using chemical weapons is a serious war crime and can get you the death penalty.
Conversely, there aren't international laws against executing civilians with it. Hell the US was doing it until the 90s.
The Nuremberg tribunal established conclusively the criminality of the methods of the Holocaust under international law.
The mass killings and genocide, yes. Not their execution methods because everyone else was using gas chambers and firing squads for their own executions.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
The mass killings and genocide, yes. Not their execution methods because everyone else was using gas chambers and firing squads for their own executions.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
The Nuremberg tribunal established conclusively the criminality of the methods of the Holocaust under international law.
The mass killings and genocide, yes. Not their execution methods because everyone else was using gas chambers and firing squads for their own executions.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
The mass killings and genocide, yes. Not their execution methods because everyone else was using gas chambers and firing squads for their own executions.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
Aren't you the one being pedantic?
The difference between using chemicals to kill civilians and using it on the battlefield seems insignificant compared to Spicer's insinuation that Assad is somehow more of a war criminal than Hitler.
"…Spicer’s insinuation that Assad is somehow more of a war criminal than Hitler."
I don't think that was his point. When the "even [person/organization A that's generally considered to be bad] didn't/wouldn't do [action ascribed to person/organization B]!" rhetorical statement is used, it often isn't the case that the speaker is attempting to argue that B is worse than A- only that they are also bad.
Don't get me wrong, it was obviously a completely idiotic choice to try and make the comparison at all. Still, I think that's an uncharitable interpretation.
Actually it's a very important legal distinction. Using chemical weapons out on civilian or military targets is against international law and for very good reasons. You can't control how they spread and who they hit. Using chemical weapons is a serious war crime and can get you the death penalty.
Conversely, there aren't international laws against executing civilians with it. Hell the US was doing it until the 90s.
The Nuremberg tribunal established conclusively the criminality of the methods of the Holocaust under international law.
The mass killings and genocide, yes. Not their execution methods because everyone else was using gas chambers and firing squads for their own executions.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
The mass killings and genocide, yes. Not their execution methods because everyone else was using gas chambers and firing squads for their own executions.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
The Nuremberg tribunal established conclusively the criminality of the methods of the Holocaust under international law.
The mass killings and genocide, yes. Not their execution methods because everyone else was using gas chambers and firing squads for their own executions.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
The mass killings and genocide, yes. Not their execution methods because everyone else was using gas chambers and firing squads for their own executions.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
Relevant
>Sean comparing Assad to Hitler
>the #1 rule of politics is to never compare someone to Hitler
>the left often breaks that rule
>mfw
Dead meme
"…Spicer’s insinuation that Assad is somehow more of a war criminal than Hitler."
I don't think that was his point. When the "even [person/organization A that's generally considered to be bad] didn't/wouldn't do [action ascribed to person/organization B]!" rhetorical statement is used, it often isn't the case that the speaker is attempting to argue that B is worse than A- only that they are also bad.
Don't get me wrong, it was obviously a completely idiotic choice to try and make the comparison at all. Still, I think that's an uncharitable interpretation.
Hitler didn't use chemical weapons in combat or to target civilians.
He did use weaponized chemicals to execute people and citizens.
At just the bare basic level his statement is "true", but that doesn't make it right. Hitler and the Nazis did the most monstrous things to people, including their own civilians if they just happened to be born to a specific race. Really I think Sean needs a new day job because every time he opens his fucking mouth he comes off like a bumbling fucking retard.
Yeah, but its like someone being accused of kicking their dog and saying "HEY, i didnt kick the dog, i beat it with a bat"
no one gives a shit about the minor differences, you meant to hurt your dog and you're going to prison for animal abuse either way.
But I think it's why he slipped up in the first place. When I heard about the gaffe, it took me half a second to be like, oh, yeah, duh, even though the gas chambers are one of the first things I think about when I hear the word "Holocaust." And the reason I didn't catch it instantaneously is that Assad's attack was combat-based, so I was trying to think of something Hitler did that was more like that.) Since, I've heard that he really did use chemical weapons outside the gas-chambers, but it was low-scale and not many people know about it? I haven't really looked into it myself.)
And then when he backpedaled, he just kept sticking his foot in his mouth and saying the wrong thing.
That's how it felt to me, anyway. But then, I have a tendency to sympathize with people when they make gaffes, because I've definitely said things wrong, slipped up in that way. Of course, I'm not the Press Secretary, but… Well, that's just my gut reaction when I watch the clips. Though I have to admit, it was a rookie mistake to bring Hitler into it at all.
But I think it's why he slipped up in the first place. When I heard about the gaffe, it took me half a second to be like, oh, yeah, duh, even though the gas chambers are one of the first things I think about when I hear the word "Holocaust." And the reason I didn't catch it instantaneously is that Assad's attack was combat-based, so I was trying to think of something Hitler did that was more like that.) Since, I've heard that he really did use chemical weapons outside the gas-chambers, but it was low-scale and not many people know about it? I haven't really looked into it myself.)
And then when he backpedaled, he just kept sticking his foot in his mouth and saying the wrong thing.
That's how it felt to me, anyway. But then, I have a tendency to sympathize with people when they make gaffes, because I've definitely said things wrong, slipped up in that way. Of course, I'm not the Press Secretary, but… Well, that's just my gut reaction when I watch the clips. Though I have to admit, it was a rookie mistake to bring Hitler into it at all.
The weird thing is that in America itself, gas chambers are used for executions to the present day. So anyone who criticized Sean Spicer with the argument that using gas for executions is no different from using gas on the battlefield inadvertently made a most unfortunate statement about the USA.
Don't get me wrong, Spicer's attempt to demonize Assad this way was laughable, but his Haters were even less literate in regards to both history and logic. He should definitely leave the Hitler comparisons to the Democrats:
Hitler was an inside job.
You frontpaged the same video twice.
Good ol' KYM. Frontpaging 12-year old Anime drawings, shitty movie trailers and DOUBLE frontpaging politics, but the good ol' memes? Nah. Fuck those
Too bad they stopped front paging the fine bros since the scandal. The comment section is always brimming with rage and hatred.
The good news is that the comment sections turn hilariously sarcastic with an extra spice of metaness the longer they go on, making up for the lack of memes.
The bittersweet news is that the more controversial/negative the subject, the stronger the circlejerk but not on the level of reddit or youtube.
And the bad news is that I haven't eaten anything healthy in days and the toilet whispers and begs for more defecation. Tough choice.
Too bad they stopped front paging the fine bros since the scandal. The comment section is always brimming with rage and hatred.
The good news is that the comment sections turn hilariously sarcastic with an extra spice of metaness the longer they go on, making up for the lack of memes.
The bittersweet news is that the more controversial/negative the subject, the stronger the circlejerk but not on the level of reddit or youtube.
And the bad news is that I haven't eaten anything healthy in days and the toilet whispers and begs for more defecation. Tough choice.
Yeah, but its like someone being accused of kicking their dog and saying "HEY, i didnt kick the dog, i beat it with a bat"
no one gives a shit about the minor differences, you meant to hurt your dog and you're going to prison for animal abuse either way.
But I think it's why he slipped up in the first place. When I heard about the gaffe, it took me half a second to be like, oh, yeah, duh, even though the gas chambers are one of the first things I think about when I hear the word "Holocaust." And the reason I didn't catch it instantaneously is that Assad's attack was combat-based, so I was trying to think of something Hitler did that was more like that.) Since, I've heard that he really did use chemical weapons outside the gas-chambers, but it was low-scale and not many people know about it? I haven't really looked into it myself.)
And then when he backpedaled, he just kept sticking his foot in his mouth and saying the wrong thing.
That's how it felt to me, anyway. But then, I have a tendency to sympathize with people when they make gaffes, because I've definitely said things wrong, slipped up in that way. Of course, I'm not the Press Secretary, but… Well, that's just my gut reaction when I watch the clips. Though I have to admit, it was a rookie mistake to bring Hitler into it at all.
I read "Hitler gaffe" as "Hitler giraffe." I'm a little disappointed.
Ask and you shall receive.
The internet is a wondrous place.
The internet is a wondrous place.
You give him too much credit. Even /pol/ cites their sources. Said sources are usually unreliable and full of conjecture, but still.
I don't know about anyone else, but this solidified in my mind that Sean Spicer is an idiot. The fact he even considered comparing anybody in the modern day to Hitler is proof enough he has no place being the press secretary for the White House.
I don't think I need to explain this, but if there is one thing anyone should advise to any political commentator, it's that you never, NEVER compare anything in modern-day politics to the Nazis if you don't want to look like a buffoon
unless you're comparing the Nazis to somebody the mainstream ridicules.I don't know about anyone else, but I cannot wait for the SNL Cold Open next week, because Sean Spicer deserves to be mocked heavily for this huge blunder.
I really don't think a soul would disagree with you. While I'm not opposed to us intervening in Syria, I tune in to him for the total comedic factor every time. It's something new each time with him.
I really don't think a soul would disagree with you. While I'm not opposed to us intervening in Syria, I tune in to him for the total comedic factor every time. It's something new each time with him.
Good ol' KYM. Frontpaging 12-year old Anime drawings, shitty movie trailers and DOUBLE frontpaging politics, but the good ol' memes? Nah. Fuck those
Too bad they stopped front paging the fine bros since the scandal. The comment section is always brimming with rage and hatred.
The good news is that the comment sections turn hilariously sarcastic with an extra spice of metaness the longer they go on, making up for the lack of memes.
The bittersweet news is that the more controversial/negative the subject, the stronger the circlejerk but not on the level of reddit or youtube.
And the bad news is that I haven't eaten anything healthy in days and the toilet whispers and begs for more defecation. Tough choice.
A white staff member didn't know that hitler used chemical weapons in the holocaust. You literally cannot make this shit up.
'white house staff member'
Gimme my editable comments plz
no fuckin' way, then we'd miss comments like these~
no fuckin' way, then we'd miss comments like these~
Honestly, after him screaming fuck minorities in that Nivea article I'm not sure how you guys didn't figure the obvious bait out by now.
My point stands. He can take his shit posting back to /pol/ where it might be appreciated.
Look at his profile. It's pretty much all comments like this. If he's just joking, then that's a lot of dedication to pretending to be retarded, if he's serious, then he is retarded. One way or another, he's an asshole, and we gotta show him the light. That or, you know, send him back to the internet's greatest concentration camp, /pol/.
My point stands. He can take his shit posting back to /pol/ where it might be appreciated.
Ask and you shall receive.
The internet is a wondrous place.
Too bad they stopped front paging the fine bros since the scandal. The comment section is always brimming with rage and hatred.
I swear, every reporter in that room must have gotten a raging hard-on as soon as he said this.
that pen is…. it is mightier than the sword.
What The Fuck Is Wrong With You's going to have a field day with this one. "Tonight on 'Sean Spicer Said What?!', we find out something we all kind of assumed, knowing Sean Spicer's track record…
I'm also very sure Sean Spicer doesn't have an Offspring tattoo. I might have to actually respect the man if he did.
The fact he was stupid enough to say this during PASSOVER just makes the schadenfreude so much better….
Jews don't own the holocaust
No, but they were kind of a big part of it.
they are kind of a majority stockholder though.
No, but they were kind of a big part of it.
they are kind of a majority stockholder though.
The good news is that the comment sections turn hilariously sarcastic with an extra spice of metaness the longer they go on, making up for the lack of memes.
The bittersweet news is that the more controversial/negative the subject, the stronger the circlejerk but not on the level of reddit or youtube.
And the bad news is that I haven't eaten anything healthy in days and the toilet whispers and begs for more defecation. Tough choice.
A note to politicians: If you say something dumb, you don't NEED to double down on it. Just go "Hey, yeah, had a complete brain fart on that one. My bad." or something. People will respect you more and you won't get memed on so much. Is it really that hard?
Now I'm curious to know if a politician ever said "oops I messed up".
If you put a giant sign on a door saying "Broken, please use other door" people will of course try to use it by accident. BUT also there will be people who yell that it's your fault and they shouldn't be expected to read and etc. The percentage of people unable to comprehend that they made an error is shockingly high.
And who are the people who think that they should be in charge of things? Those with a high estimation of themselves. Which leads to being unable to admit error. It's self-selecting.
The same thing happened to Bush Jr. with his dyslexia. It runs in his family, and lot of those gaffes he made in his speeches were because and he read the teleprompter wrong. If they'd just come out and said "yeah, the president has dyslexia" then that actually could have been a substantial PR boost if they played it right, but instead they did everything in their power to cover it up.
Huh, I didn't know that. Interesting.
upvote for second-best girl
Huh, I didn't know that. Interesting.
upvote for second-best girl
Now I'm curious to know if a politician ever said "oops I messed up".
Look at his profile. It's pretty much all comments like this. If he's just joking, then that's a lot of dedication to pretending to be retarded, if he's serious, then he is retarded. One way or another, he's an asshole, and we gotta show him the light. That or, you know, send him back to the internet's greatest concentration camp, /pol/.
He should have just said that "Hitler did nothing wrong". Thats a 100% fail-safe.
That is basically what he said.
He was saying "Well at least hitler wasn't this bad".
Spicer did nothing wrong.
The internet is a wondrous place.
'white house staff member'
Gimme my editable comments plz
no fuckin' way, then we'd miss comments like these~
The lighting and camera changed?
And his tie, don't forget that.
He looks more tired. But it could be a makeup thing.
Don't you think he looks tired?
The background, look.
They're different blues.
There was a change in something.
Don't you think he looks tired?
The background, look.
They're different blues.
There was a change in something.
And his tie, don't forget that.
He looks more tired. But it could be a makeup thing.
Don't you think he looks tired?
The background, look.
They're different blues.
There was a change in something.
Don't you think he looks tired?
The background, look.
They're different blues.
There was a change in something.
Looks like makeup. But after 4 years it will have to take its toll
The lighting and camera changed?
And his tie, don't forget that.
He looks more tired. But it could be a makeup thing.
Don't you think he looks tired?
The background, look.
They're different blues.
There was a change in something.
Don't you think he looks tired?
The background, look.
They're different blues.
There was a change in something.
If you put a giant sign on a door saying "Broken, please use other door" people will of course try to use it by accident. BUT also there will be people who yell that it's your fault and they shouldn't be expected to read and etc. The percentage of people unable to comprehend that they made an error is shockingly high.
And who are the people who think that they should be in charge of things? Those with a high estimation of themselves. Which leads to being unable to admit error. It's self-selecting.
And his tie, don't forget that.
lul?
USA used agent orange in vietnam, its the exact same thing. not only that, the gulf of tonkin was a fake event that propelled the US into that war, fabricated by the same people who fabricated this whole chemical attack narrative of which there is zero evidence for.
like, this is advanced level stupidity.
Fuck Assad and fuck the commies, I wish you were right you ignorant unamerican cuckbag.
Actually it's a very important legal distinction. Using chemical weapons out on civilian or military targets is against international law and for very good reasons. You can't control how they spread and who they hit. Using chemical weapons is a serious war crime and can get you the death penalty.
Conversely, there aren't international laws against executing civilians with it. Hell the US was doing it until the 90s.
The Nuremberg tribunal established conclusively the criminality of the methods of the Holocaust under international law.
The mass killings and genocide, yes. Not their execution methods because everyone else was using gas chambers and firing squads for their own executions.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
The mass killings and genocide, yes. Not their execution methods because everyone else was using gas chambers and firing squads for their own executions.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
The Nuremberg tribunal established conclusively the criminality of the methods of the Holocaust under international law.
The mass killings and genocide, yes. Not their execution methods because everyone else was using gas chambers and firing squads for their own executions.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
It's 14 dragging 88 while 6 million rubs its hands. What's there not to get?
I think it depicts this situation quite well: everyone interprets it differently.
… The Jews were forcing the poor, innocent Nazis to work whilst they got all the money?
14 Means "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white Children" , 88 Means "Heil Hitler" 6000000 means the amount of Juden that supposedly died in the Camps that were incapable of using gas to execute people.
Basically those who firmly believe the 14 words are being held back by those who just shout "Heil Hitler" All the time, and I'm not too sure about the 6mil.
You need to up your bait game, my dude.
Wasn't b8, I was giving an interpretation to the image.
Wasn't b8, I was giving an interpretation to the image.
You need to up your bait game, my dude.
Wasn't b8, I was giving an interpretation to the image.
Wasn't b8, I was giving an interpretation to the image.
It's advocating for the ethno-nationalist faction of the alt-right to distance themselves from neo-Nazis who they see as being detrimental to their cause, for obvious reasons.
Funnily enough, some neo-Nazis also try to lay claim to the alt-right and believe that the ethno-nationalists are the ones holding back them back… by allowing themselves to be manipulated by Jews, of course.
I don't understand how Xellos here was trying to relate it to Sean Spicer being an absolute fuckwit, but the whole thing is totally asinine regardless.
… The Jews were forcing the poor, innocent Nazis to work whilst they got all the money?
It's 14 dragging 88 while 6 million rubs its hands. What's there not to get?
I think it depicts this situation quite well: everyone interprets it differently.
… The Jews were forcing the poor, innocent Nazis to work whilst they got all the money?
I'd reply with ThatOtherGuy's picture.
Alt-right code numbers insinuating holocaust denial?
You should ask ADL to add that picture specifically to their list of hate symbols. Preferrably right after Pepe.
You should ask ADL to add that picture specifically to their list of hate symbols. Preferrably right after Pepe.
Alt-right code numbers insinuating holocaust denial?
You should ask ADL to add that picture specifically to their list of hate symbols. Preferrably right after Pepe.
You should ask ADL to add that picture specifically to their list of hate symbols. Preferrably right after Pepe.
I'd reply with ThatOtherGuy's picture.
Alt-right code numbers insinuating holocaust denial?
You should ask ADL to add that picture specifically to their list of hate symbols. Preferrably right after Pepe.
You should ask ADL to add that picture specifically to their list of hate symbols. Preferrably right after Pepe.
Alt-right code numbers insinuating holocaust denial?
You should ask ADL to add that picture specifically to their list of hate symbols. Preferrably right after Pepe.
14 Means "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white Children" , 88 Means "Heil Hitler" 6000000 means the amount of Juden that supposedly died in the Camps that were incapable of using gas to execute people.
Basically those who firmly believe the 14 words are being held back by those who just shout "Heil Hitler" All the time, and I'm not too sure about the 6mil.
You need to up your bait game, my dude.
Wasn't b8, I was giving an interpretation to the image.
Wasn't b8, I was giving an interpretation to the image.
And it's not even Conway. I'm actually quite shocked.
It's 14 dragging 88 while 6 million rubs its hands. What's there not to get?
I think it depicts this situation quite well: everyone interprets it differently.
… The Jews were forcing the poor, innocent Nazis to work whilst they got all the money?
14 Means "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white Children" , 88 Means "Heil Hitler" 6000000 means the amount of Juden that supposedly died in the Camps that were incapable of using gas to execute people.
Basically those who firmly believe the 14 words are being held back by those who just shout "Heil Hitler" All the time, and I'm not too sure about the 6mil.
You need to up your bait game, my dude.
Wasn't b8, I was giving an interpretation to the image.
Wasn't b8, I was giving an interpretation to the image.
You need to up your bait game, my dude.
Wasn't b8, I was giving an interpretation to the image.
Wasn't b8, I was giving an interpretation to the image.
It's advocating for the ethno-nationalist faction of the alt-right to distance themselves from neo-Nazis who they see as being detrimental to their cause, for obvious reasons.
Funnily enough, some neo-Nazis also try to lay claim to the alt-right and believe that the ethno-nationalists are the ones holding back them back… by allowing themselves to be manipulated by Jews, of course.
I don't understand how Xellos here was trying to relate it to Sean Spicer being an absolute fuckwit, but the whole thing is totally asinine regardless.
… The Jews were forcing the poor, innocent Nazis to work whilst they got all the money?
It's 14 dragging 88 while 6 million rubs its hands. What's there not to get?
I think it depicts this situation quite well: everyone interprets it differently.
… The Jews were forcing the poor, innocent Nazis to work whilst they got all the money?
The mass killings and genocide, yes. Not their execution methods because everyone else was using gas chambers and firing squads for their own executions.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
The same thing happened to Bush Jr. with his dyslexia. It runs in his family, and lot of those gaffes he made in his speeches were because and he read the teleprompter wrong. If they'd just come out and said "yeah, the president has dyslexia" then that actually could have been a substantial PR boost if they played it right, but instead they did everything in their power to cover it up.
Huh, I didn't know that. Interesting.
At worst, this was just a shitty "Hitler ate sugar" comparison. Everyone's blowing this way out of proportion, I really don't see why people are so upset.
Seriously man. Come on, Hitler didn't gas "innocent" people. His little anecdote is so bad that Spicer actually did the unthinkable for the D Trump team, he said "I messed up, I'm sorry, I said wrong." That's how fucked up what he said was.
It is related to Trump so of course people are going to blow it out of proportion.
Well, part of the problem was it is more "at least hitler didn't eat sugar farmed using innocent slave labor. It was only jewish slaves."
Basically, part of the problem is that Spicer is really, really stupid. So he accidentally implies a lot of horrible, horrible things while he is trying to backpedal. He is like that sitcom dad that tries to explain away a mess but his explanation makes everyone angrier.
But I think it's why he slipped up in the first place. When I heard about the gaffe, it took me half a second to be like, oh, yeah, duh, even though the gas chambers are one of the first things I think about when I hear the word "Holocaust." And the reason I didn't catch it instantaneously is that Assad's attack was combat-based, so I was trying to think of something Hitler did that was more like that.) Since, I've heard that he really did use chemical weapons outside the gas-chambers, but it was low-scale and not many people know about it? I haven't really looked into it myself.)
And then when he backpedaled, he just kept sticking his foot in his mouth and saying the wrong thing.
That's how it felt to me, anyway. But then, I have a tendency to sympathize with people when they make gaffes, because I've definitely said things wrong, slipped up in that way. Of course, I'm not the Press Secretary, but… Well, that's just my gut reaction when I watch the clips. Though I have to admit, it was a rookie mistake to bring Hitler into it at all.
no fuckin' way, then we'd miss comments like these~
I'd reply with ThatOtherGuy's picture.
Alt-right code numbers insinuating holocaust denial?
You should ask ADL to add that picture specifically to their list of hate symbols. Preferrably right after Pepe.
You should ask ADL to add that picture specifically to their list of hate symbols. Preferrably right after Pepe.
Alt-right code numbers insinuating holocaust denial?
You should ask ADL to add that picture specifically to their list of hate symbols. Preferrably right after Pepe.
You should ask ADL to add that picture specifically to their list of hate symbols. Preferrably right after Pepe.
That is true, but Spicer gave no hint that he was arguing from the perspective of legality. If anything, he was trying to draw a strictly moral distinction.
Furthermore, trying to distinguish between the legality of genocide and the legality of the methods of genocide seem, again, pedantic compared to his basic suggestion that Assad is more of a war criminal than Hitler was.
I'd reply with ThatOtherGuy's picture.
Alt-right code numbers insinuating holocaust denial?
You should ask ADL to add that picture specifically to their list of hate symbols. Preferrably right after Pepe.
You should ask ADL to add that picture specifically to their list of hate symbols. Preferrably right after Pepe.
upvote for second-best girl
He looks more tired. But it could be a makeup thing.
Don't you think he looks tired?
The background, look.
They're different blues.
There was a change in something.
Don't you think he looks tired?
Fuck Assad and fuck the commies, I wish you were right you ignorant unamerican cuckbag.
Jews don't own the holocaust
No, but they were kind of a big part of it.
they are kind of a majority stockholder though.
Seriously man. Come on, Hitler didn't gas "innocent" people. His little anecdote is so bad that Spicer actually did the unthinkable for the D Trump team, he said "I messed up, I'm sorry, I said wrong." That's how fucked up what he said was.
D Trump: Shawn, I want the press to really understand what kind of a guy I just bombed, I have to look very strong. Go out and tell them I just went after and bombed someone worse than Hitler! That makes me the toughest guy ever because Hitler was the baddest villain ever!
Spicer.. Yes sir …. /closes door (fuck how am I going to do this????)
Alt-right code numbers insinuating holocaust denial?
You should ask ADL to add that picture specifically to their list of hate symbols. Preferrably right after Pepe.
The background, look.
They're different blues.
There was a change in something.
that pen is…. it is mightier than the sword.
I think the problem is that Spicer gets jacked each and every day before the press briefing.
14 Means "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white Children" , 88 Means "Heil Hitler" 6000000 means the amount of Juden that supposedly died in the Camps that were incapable of using gas to execute people.
Basically those who firmly believe the 14 words are being held back by those who just shout "Heil Hitler" All the time, and I'm not too sure about the 6mil.
You need to up your bait game, my dude.
Wasn't b8, I was giving an interpretation to the image.
Wasn't b8, I was giving an interpretation to the image.
No, but they were kind of a big part of it.
You should ask ADL to add that picture specifically to their list of hate symbols. Preferrably right after Pepe.
Huh, I didn't know that. Interesting.
Looks like that Alternative Fact did not work out all too well did it Spencer?
No, obviously the nazis signed a treaty to not use chemical weapons at the Bowling Green Convention. The American signee was Fredrick Douglass.
Two things.
1. He meant he never used them on the battlefield. You know that, the late night talk show hosts know that, SNL knows that, but they are going to be willingly ignorant because they just want material.
2. Hitler/Nazi comparisons are the absolute worse way to try to make an argument.
Although they did use it on the battlefield. They just didn't do so extensively because they sucked at developing anything actually useful in open battles. It's use in battle can usually be summarized as "and then they used poisonous gas to try go smoke the enemies out of the tunnels".
And yeah. That kind of shows how the white house basically has no actual doctrine they really stick to. So they needed to do an ass pull to try to justify going to syria. "He is like…totally Hitler x10 you guys!!!11!!2!"
It is related to Trump so of course people are going to blow it out of proportion.
What exactly was his point even?
Assad is a monster, everyone knows that, so what's the point of some dick(tator) measuring contest?
he needed to justify the attack on syria, but the white house has no actual moral doctrine to justify it (other than 'dick measuring contest'), so he went for the lowest common denominator of morals across most sane people.
it doesn't help that at least one guy he works with literally wears a badge of a nazi collaborator group.
you need a moral doctrine to justify a military attack now?
Oh you sweet summer child.
In trump's case: yes. This is because it is another 'I won't go golfing' situation. It was less a justification for the missile strike than a justification for the flip flop.
Remember- his campaign was largely influenced by Banon. He was harshly 'anti-globalist', and as such promised he wouldn't go around starting fights for the sake of other countries.
That is the primary reason why trump supporters are pissed. While the thing in syria is terrible, they did not think the US should get involved.
Thus why they needed an excuse for why he acted in syria. So his administration decided to get high and mighty and say "oh, this guy is totally worse than hitler".
In trump's case: yes. This is because it is another 'I won't go golfing' situation. It was less a justification for the missile strike than a justification for the flip flop.
Remember- his campaign was largely influenced by Banon. He was harshly 'anti-globalist', and as such promised he wouldn't go around starting fights for the sake of other countries.
That is the primary reason why trump supporters are pissed. While the thing in syria is terrible, they did not think the US should get involved.
Thus why they needed an excuse for why he acted in syria. So his administration decided to get high and mighty and say "oh, this guy is totally worse than hitler".
you need a moral doctrine to justify a military attack now?
Oh you sweet summer child.
In trump's case: yes. This is because it is another 'I won't go golfing' situation. It was less a justification for the missile strike than a justification for the flip flop.
Remember- his campaign was largely influenced by Banon. He was harshly 'anti-globalist', and as such promised he wouldn't go around starting fights for the sake of other countries.
That is the primary reason why trump supporters are pissed. While the thing in syria is terrible, they did not think the US should get involved.
Thus why they needed an excuse for why he acted in syria. So his administration decided to get high and mighty and say "oh, this guy is totally worse than hitler".
In trump's case: yes. This is because it is another 'I won't go golfing' situation. It was less a justification for the missile strike than a justification for the flip flop.
Remember- his campaign was largely influenced by Banon. He was harshly 'anti-globalist', and as such promised he wouldn't go around starting fights for the sake of other countries.
That is the primary reason why trump supporters are pissed. While the thing in syria is terrible, they did not think the US should get involved.
Thus why they needed an excuse for why he acted in syria. So his administration decided to get high and mighty and say "oh, this guy is totally worse than hitler".
That's a pretty good apology, though. I'll give him credit for that.
yeah for once.
…which one? Because I remember his written one needed three different clarifications since it kept on sounding worse (such as the implication that assad was targeting 'innocents', which carried the unfortunate question 'were the jews not innocent?').
So,,. not that one, then.
The one in the article.
there is only so much fucking up when you are trying to recover from your fuck up before it just spoils any appreciation of later attempts at recover.
there is only so much fucking up when you are trying to recover from your fuck up before it just spoils any appreciation of later attempts at recover.
So,,. not that one, then.
The one in the article.
there is only so much fucking up when you are trying to recover from your fuck up before it just spoils any appreciation of later attempts at recover.
there is only so much fucking up when you are trying to recover from your fuck up before it just spoils any appreciation of later attempts at recover.
yeah for once.
Looks like makeup. But after 4 years it will have to take its toll
You need to up your bait game, my dude.
Wasn't b8, I was giving an interpretation to the image.
Wasn't b8, I was giving an interpretation to the image.
upvote for second-best girl
It's advocating for the ethno-nationalist faction of the alt-right to distance themselves from neo-Nazis who they see as being detrimental to their cause, for obvious reasons.
Funnily enough, some neo-Nazis also try to lay claim to the alt-right and believe that the ethno-nationalists are the ones holding back them back… by allowing themselves to be manipulated by Jews, of course.
I don't understand how Xellos here was trying to relate it to Sean Spicer being an absolute fuckwit, but the whole thing is totally asinine regardless.
Holocaust Centers were where the SS went to get holocaust supplies like gas when they ran out.
That would be a good idea for a fake ad
…which one? Because I remember his written one needed three different clarifications since it kept on sounding worse (such as the implication that assad was targeting 'innocents', which carried the unfortunate question 'were the jews not innocent?').
So,,. not that one, then.
The one in the article.
there is only so much fucking up when you are trying to recover from your fuck up before it just spoils any appreciation of later attempts at recover.
there is only so much fucking up when you are trying to recover from your fuck up before it just spoils any appreciation of later attempts at recover.
he needed to justify the attack on syria, but the white house has no actual moral doctrine to justify it (other than 'dick measuring contest'), so he went for the lowest common denominator of morals across most sane people.
it doesn't help that at least one guy he works with literally wears a badge of a nazi collaborator group.
you need a moral doctrine to justify a military attack now?
Oh you sweet summer child.
In trump's case: yes. This is because it is another 'I won't go golfing' situation. It was less a justification for the missile strike than a justification for the flip flop.
Remember- his campaign was largely influenced by Banon. He was harshly 'anti-globalist', and as such promised he wouldn't go around starting fights for the sake of other countries.
That is the primary reason why trump supporters are pissed. While the thing in syria is terrible, they did not think the US should get involved.
Thus why they needed an excuse for why he acted in syria. So his administration decided to get high and mighty and say "oh, this guy is totally worse than hitler".
In trump's case: yes. This is because it is another 'I won't go golfing' situation. It was less a justification for the missile strike than a justification for the flip flop.
Remember- his campaign was largely influenced by Banon. He was harshly 'anti-globalist', and as such promised he wouldn't go around starting fights for the sake of other countries.
That is the primary reason why trump supporters are pissed. While the thing in syria is terrible, they did not think the US should get involved.
Thus why they needed an excuse for why he acted in syria. So his administration decided to get high and mighty and say "oh, this guy is totally worse than hitler".
Although they did use it on the battlefield. They just didn't do so extensively because they sucked at developing anything actually useful in open battles. It's use in battle can usually be summarized as "and then they used poisonous gas to try go smoke the enemies out of the tunnels".
And yeah. That kind of shows how the white house basically has no actual doctrine they really stick to. So they needed to do an ass pull to try to justify going to syria. "He is like…totally Hitler x10 you guys!!!11!!2!"
No, obviously the nazis signed a treaty to not use chemical weapons at the Bowling Green Convention. The American signee was Fredrick Douglass.
Well, part of the problem was it is more "at least hitler didn't eat sugar farmed using innocent slave labor. It was only jewish slaves."
Basically, part of the problem is that Spicer is really, really stupid. So he accidentally implies a lot of horrible, horrible things while he is trying to backpedal. He is like that sitcom dad that tries to explain away a mess but his explanation makes everyone angrier.
That is basically what he said.
He was saying "Well at least hitler wasn't this bad".
they are kind of a majority stockholder though.
That would be a good idea for a fake ad
So,,. not that one, then.
The one in the article.
there is only so much fucking up when you are trying to recover from your fuck up before it just spoils any appreciation of later attempts at recover.
How does Spicer not have a decent nickname like Baghdad Kelly?
because this administration has barely done anything of substance, and if we were judging it on gaffs, then that would be like trying to find a needle in a pile of other, largely similar needles.
I call him Sean "SNL" Spicy
there is only so much fucking up when you are trying to recover from your fuck up before it just spoils any appreciation of later attempts at recover.
because this administration has barely done anything of substance, and if we were judging it on gaffs, then that would be like trying to find a needle in a pile of other, largely similar needles.
you need a moral doctrine to justify a military attack now?
Oh you sweet summer child.
In trump's case: yes. This is because it is another 'I won't go golfing' situation. It was less a justification for the missile strike than a justification for the flip flop.
Remember- his campaign was largely influenced by Banon. He was harshly 'anti-globalist', and as such promised he wouldn't go around starting fights for the sake of other countries.
That is the primary reason why trump supporters are pissed. While the thing in syria is terrible, they did not think the US should get involved.
Thus why they needed an excuse for why he acted in syria. So his administration decided to get high and mighty and say "oh, this guy is totally worse than hitler".
I call him Sean "SNL" Spicy
… The Jews were forcing the poor, innocent Nazis to work whilst they got all the money?
In trump's case: yes. This is because it is another 'I won't go golfing' situation. It was less a justification for the missile strike than a justification for the flip flop.
Remember- his campaign was largely influenced by Banon. He was harshly 'anti-globalist', and as such promised he wouldn't go around starting fights for the sake of other countries.
That is the primary reason why trump supporters are pissed. While the thing in syria is terrible, they did not think the US should get involved.
Thus why they needed an excuse for why he acted in syria. So his administration decided to get high and mighty and say "oh, this guy is totally worse than hitler".
man i miss spicey. it reminds me of the simpler times of this presidency, 39 years ago
Holy shit it's been a whole year already?
God 2017 went by quick.
Because people wanted it gone quick, only to be in pretty much the same mess this year, so that was not a productive mentality.
well this is back again
and it's about time to
and this time trumps in the mood.
Because people wanted it gone quick, only to be in pretty much the same mess this year, so that was not a productive mentality.
The weird thing is that in America itself, gas chambers are used for executions to the present day. So anyone who criticized Sean Spicer with the argument that using gas for executions is no different from using gas on the battlefield inadvertently made a most unfortunate statement about the USA.
Don't get me wrong, Spicer's attempt to demonize Assad this way was laughable, but his Haters were even less literate in regards to both history and logic. He should definitely leave the Hitler comparisons to the Democrats:
I don’t miss Sean Spicer per se, but the daily antics and awesome skit material for Melissa McCarthy on SNL were some of the funniest moments in the last decade. Sean Spicer hiding in the bushes will always be a coveted political treasure.
I still can't believe this actually happened, but at the same time I still can believe it with this administration
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